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The table below looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT contracts within the Bristol region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkProgrammer
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4458
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching contract IT job ads1314
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.014 %
As % of the category below1.671 %1.308 %
Daily rates quoted29
Average minimum daily rate£200£206
Average daily rate£250£222
% change on same period last year+12.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£239
UK excluding London average daily rate£319£300
% change on same period last year+6.27 %
Hourly rates quoted40
Average minimum hourly rate£23.50-
Average hourly rate£26.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£28.50-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.59£32.11
% change on same period last year+7.74 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads7781070
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.106 %1.081 %
Daily rates quoted236382
Average minimum daily rate£318£317
Average daily rate£346£334
% change on same period last year+3.45 %
Average maximum daily rate£373£351
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted134146
Average minimum hourly rate£28.03£25.91
Average hourly rate£29.61£28.66
% change on same period last year+3.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.19£31.41
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.69£25.18
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
Programmer South WestProgrammer
South West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Programmer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Programmer across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Bristol Programmer Demand Trend

Programmer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Programmer across the Bristol region.

Bristol Programmer Daily Rate Trend

Programmer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Programmer across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Bristol Programmer Daily Rate Histogram

Programmer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Programmer across the Bristol region.

Bristol Programmer Hourly Rate Trend

Programmer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Programmer across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Bristol Programmer Hourly Rate Histogram

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region that cited Programmer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Programmer in their job title.

110 (38.46 %)SQL
27 (26.92 %)SQL Server
27 (26.92 %)Microsoft
36 (23.08 %)Unit Testing
45 (19.23 %).NET
45 (19.23 %)C#
54 (15.38 %)HP
54 (15.38 %)Compaq
54 (15.38 %)ISEB
54 (15.38 %)OpenVMS
54 (15.38 %)Equities
54 (15.38 %)Test Scripting
54 (15.38 %)Degree
54 (15.38 %)Software Testing
63 (11.54 %)Marketing
63 (11.54 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
63 (11.54 %)SAS
63 (11.54 %)C++
63 (11.54 %)Transact-SQL
63 (11.54 %)VB
63 (11.54 %)Crystal Reports
63 (11.54 %)Windows
72 (7.692 %)ASP.NET
72 (7.692 %)Visual Studio
72 (7.692 %)PVCS
72 (7.692 %)VSS/SourceSafe
72 (7.692 %)Oracle
72 (7.692 %)VMS
72 (7.692 %)Oracle 8/8i
72 (7.692 %)Oracle 9i

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region that cited Programmer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (19.23 %).NET
22 (7.692 %)ASP.NET
31 (3.846 %)WebSphere
31 (3.846 %).NET Framework
31 (3.846 %)AJAX
31 (3.846 %)WinForms
31 (3.846 %)ASP
31 (3.846 %)ATL
31 (3.846 %)STL
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (11.54 %)SAS
21 (3.846 %)IIS
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (3.846 %)TCP/IP
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (26.92 %)SQL Server
23 (11.54 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
23 (11.54 %)Crystal Reports
32 (7.692 %)Oracle 8/8i
32 (7.692 %)Oracle 9i
41 (3.846 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (3.846 %)UniData
41 (3.846 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
41 (3.846 %)MS Access
41 (3.846 %)Datawarehouse
41 (3.846 %)DTS
41 (3.846 %)MySQL
41 (3.846 %)OLAP
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (7.692 %)Visual Studio
12 (7.692 %)PVCS
12 (7.692 %)VSS/SourceSafe
21 (3.846 %)Subversion
21 (3.846 %)Ant
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (11.54 %)Marketing
21 (3.846 %)Multimedia
21 (3.846 %)Insurance
21 (3.846 %)Telecoms
21 (3.846 %)Finance
21 (3.846 %)Games
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (15.38 %)Equities
22 (7.692 %)Web 2.0
31 (3.846 %)Data Protection Act
31 (3.846 %)Computer Science
31 (3.846 %)IPTV
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (15.38 %)OpenVMS
23 (11.54 %)Windows
32 (7.692 %)VMS
41 (3.846 %)UNIX
41 (3.846 %)Linux
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (23.08 %)Unit Testing
24 (15.38 %)Test Scripting
24 (15.38 %)Software Testing
32 (7.692 %)Web Design
41 (3.846 %)Data Protection
41 (3.846 %)Security Cleared
41 (3.846 %)Project Planning
41 (3.846 %)Agile Software Development
41 (3.846 %)TDD
41 (3.846 %)OO
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (38.46 %)SQL
25 (19.23 %)C#
33 (11.54 %)C++
33 (11.54 %)Transact-SQL
33 (11.54 %)VB
42 (7.692 %)VB6
51 (3.846 %)UniBasic
51 (3.846 %)Python
51 (3.846 %)C
51 (3.846 %)VB.NET
51 (3.846 %)VBA
51 (3.846 %)VBScript
51 (3.846 %)Delphi
51 (3.846 %)Java
51 (3.846 %)JavaScript
51 (3.846 %)Perl
51 (3.846 %)PHP
51 (3.846 %)PL/SQL
51 (3.846 %)VC++
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (15.38 %)ISEB
14 (15.38 %)Degree
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (26.92 %)Microsoft
24 (15.38 %)HP
24 (15.38 %)Compaq
32 (7.692 %)Oracle
41 (3.846 %)Hummingbird
41 (3.846 %)Macromedia
41 (3.846 %)Borland
41 (3.846 %)IBM
41 (3.846 %)SAP